One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. Luke 7:36-38 ESV A recognition of who Jesu...
Nov 17, 2024•37 min
Be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Hebrews 12:28 ESV A heart that walks in grace and gratitude will experience God’s power for following in every season and circumstance. Complaining or having a grumpy attitude, will short circuit your best efforts at following God! Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast ...
Nov 10, 2024•37 min
-- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- 1st Takeaway: The key is to find peace in knowing that God is in control, even when life feels out of control. 2nd Takeaway. God can’t be locked out of your enemies’ plans against you. God can see what we can’t see. 3rd Takeaway. It is possible that the enemy attacks you because the gift God has given you exposed the enemy. And once the enemy is exposed, the enemy has limited power. 4th Takeaway. It could be that the reason that you are being attacked is because your gift no...
Nov 03, 2024•37 min
Oct 27, 2024•34 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-10 ESV Jesus perspective on prayer was that we should first pray for our Father’s Kingdom priorities! The Kingdom coming is a reference to both a moment on the timeline, and time eternal. Neb’s dream - And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a Kingdom that shall n...
Oct 20, 2024•35 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Matthew 22:37 ESV A heart that isn’t wholly His has no hope of being whole. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 ESV Jesus told his disciples, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 ESV All Scripture is inspired by ...
Oct 13, 2024•37 min
2 Kings 13:14-19 14 When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him. “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” he cried. 15 Elisha told him, “Get a bow and some arrows.” And the king did as he was told. 16 Elisha told him, “Put your hand on the bow,” and Elisha laid his own hands on the king’s hands. 17 Then he commanded, “Open that eastern window,” and he opened it. Then he said, “Shoot!” So he shot an arrow. Elisha proclaime...
Oct 06, 2024•34 min
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Colossians 3:2 ESV A breakthrough in mindset precedes, knowing and living the will of God. The most challenging thing about a mindset shift is that it requires your mindset to shift! The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 ESV Which leaves me praying, “God, please tell me what to think / believe and do!” Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, ...
Sep 30, 2024•41 min
-- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Mark 10:46 The world may try to give you a label, but only Jesus has the authority to name you. Mark 10:47-48 The key to have His Perspective is to call out to Jesus. Mark 10:49-52 Faith is trusting that God can see the things we can’t see. POEM- A beggar since birth To the world without worth Always told by others what is real Without sight I couldn’t see Not sure what to believe But what if my blindness were healed I had heard of a man Who took mud in His hand And miraculo...
Sep 22, 2024•37 min
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2 NLT There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. Proverbs 14:12 ESV Any perspective besides God’s perspective will leave even the well-trained traveler lost in the end. My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways ar...
Sep 15, 2024•34 min
The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships. - Abraham Lincoln The LORD is a friend to those who fear (revere) him. He teaches them his covenant. Psalm 25:14 NLT There’s no greater friend than God! Greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13 NLT This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. John 15:12 NLT Be the Godly friend you wish you had. A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when ...
Sep 08, 2024•39 min
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 ESV Jesus knows what you’re looking for even when you don’t. This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”, and I am the worst of them all. But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize tha...
Sep 01, 2024•31 min
These are the visions that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. He saw these visions during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. Isaiah 1:1 NLT Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care, but Israel doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.” Oh, what a sinful nation they are, loaded down with a burden of guilt. Isaiah 1:3-4 NLT People who don’t recognize God as God are in for a lot of lostne...
Aug 25, 2024•37 min
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Matthew 16:13 NLT A world that doesn't know God is a world without wisdom, destined to be misguided and broken. Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” Matthew 16:13 NLT If you relate to God as anything less than the singular sovereign King of the universe, you’ve missed Him! The Word of God is our...
Aug 18, 2024•33 min
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Leviticus 8:28 NLT ”Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.“ Judges 8:28 NLT ”That is the story of how the people of Israel defeated Midian, which never recovered. Throughout the rest of Gideon’s lifetime—about forty years—there was peace in the land.“ 1 Kings 8:28 NLT ”Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O Lord my God. He...
Aug 04, 2024•24 min
Where are you? Genesis 3:9 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” Genesis 3:1 ESV The devil loves to put a question mark where God has put a period. And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touc...
Aug 04, 2024•36 min
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. John 5:1-2 NIV In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. John 5:3-4 ESV Mercy without the Messiah can bring temporal comfort but not real healing and transformation. Worth is measured by what...
Jul 21, 2024•41 min
Series: Stories Joseph’s Turn to Trust Christmas in July! ~~Pray Dillon dance lessons for his birthday gift VIDEO “I feel like you’re trying to lead!” Don’t let overthinking, timing, or temptation make you detach from or distrust God. Joseph is a man who has a brain, he was obviously a skilled carpenter, has been entrusted with a wife and now needs to make it all happen. When you put your trust in the One True God, you’re deciding to let Him decide! Galatians 5:25 Since we live by the Spirit, le...
Jul 14, 2024•32 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- When Ahab got home, he told Jezebel everything Elijah had done, including the way he had killed all the prophets of Baal. 1 Kings 19:1 NLT So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.” Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. 1 Kin...
Jul 07, 2024•37 min
Title: The Lavish Love of the Father. Scripture: Luke 15:20 Parable defined. A parable is, literally, something “cast alongside” something else. Jesus’ parables were stories that were “cast alongside” a truth in order to illustrate that truth. Prodigal defined A person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way. Having or giving something on a lavish scale. The word prodigal can describe lavish behavior whether it is directed towards oneself (as in the younger son who wasted his inheritanc...
Jun 16, 2024•34 min
Matthew 14:22-24 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. John 16:33, which says -In this godless world, you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conqu...
Jun 09, 2024•32 min
We do missions because we are the Kings kids on a mission! The Word became flesh and blood, moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes… like Father, like Son, generous inside and out, true from start to finish. John 1:14 MSG You show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Corinthians 3:3 ESV While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full...
Jun 02, 2024•35 min
May 26, 2024•38 min
Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 1:4-5 NLT But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted ...
May 19, 2024•36 min
God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 NLT - - Husband, Wife, Brothers, Sisters, Aunties and Uncles, etc… He (Jesus) makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. Ephesians 4:16 NLT Our most effective effort is found in the everyday ordinary things we do for God and others. Fait...
May 12, 2024•41 min
Honor the Place That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a place of worship here on earth. There were two rooms in that Tabernacle. In the first room were a lampstand, a table, and sacred loaves of bread on the table. This room was called the Holy Place. Then there was a curtain, and behind the curtain was the second room called the Most Holy Place. Hebrews 9:1-3 NLT However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says, Heaven ...
Apr 28, 2024•34 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:37 ESV The biblical approach to having plenty, is to intentionally share what you have. Recognize the Call Not called did you say? Not heard the call, I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible and hear him ...
Apr 21, 2024•41 min
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. 1 John 3:1 ESV So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling plac...
Apr 14, 2024•39 min
Jesus tomb time was a setup for the greatest victory in History. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 NLT The central reason Jesus came was to restore life and relationship. Dying to Self Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Galatians 5:24 NLT Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane. Matthew 26:36 NL...
Mar 31, 2024•31 min
